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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada View Post
    Мама ждёт меня домой как-то не звучит.
    This surprises me a bit (хотя, конечно, тебе доверяю насчёт русской грамматики!), because of the line "[Жена] ждёт меня домой" from "Ой мороз мороз."

    Of course, I know that one can't always use folk songs as a model for proper usage, but I don't understand exactly what's wrong with Dogboy182's sentence. Does it make a difference if one adds a time construction such as к десяти?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
    This surprises me a bit (хотя, конечно, тебе доверяю насчёт русской грамматики!), because of the line "[Жена] ждёт меня домой" from "Ой мороз мороз."

    Of course, I know that one can't always use folk songs as a model for proper usage, but I don't understand exactly what's wrong with Dogboy182's sentence. Does it make a difference if one adds a time construction such as к десяти?
    Не знаю, ждёт меня домой к десяти звучит лучше. Ещё бы можно, например, жёны ждут мужей с войны домой, пришёл с войны домой, вернулся с тюрьмы домой. В общем, как-то поэтически получается.
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    Когда начинаешь слишком вдумываться в некоторые словосочетания, они иногда начинают странно звучать.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
    This surprises me a bit (хотя, конечно, тебе доверяю насчёт русской грамматики!), because of the line "[Жена] ждёт меня домой" from "Ой мороз мороз."
    To me it looks quite Ok.

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